Overview

Get your next product to market in weeks, not months, with the modular Firefly II Product Starter Kit available exclusively from Microtronix. This modular systems allow you to combine the I/O device peripherals you require for your next product using our specialized Santa Cruz based cards. Once your development is complete, simply use the off-the-shelf Firefly II modules and a custom carrier board using the existing circuitry.

The Product Starter Kit comes with a Cyclone II EP2C50 Firefly Module and a base board that includes two Santa Cruz expansion headers, power supply and supporting device circuitry. Systems can be configured with up to two I/O modules (either off-the-shelf or custom boards).

The Microtronix Firefly II modules are pin for pin compatible with existing Firefly I modules used in the Altera Dev. Kit, thereby allowing a simple and easy upgrade path for your new DSP based projects.

Firefly II PSK Development Kit Features:

• Cyclone II EP2C50 - Firefly Module from Microtronix
• Preloaded with a 90 MHz Nios II core
• Installation CD with full uClinux 2.6 distribution (and source code)
• Device drivers
• Reference design

Firefly II PSK baseboard includes:

• Two Santa Cruz expansion headers
• DB9 serial console port
• Power circuitry and adapter
• Built in USB Blaster supports programming of Cyclone device
• Cyclone II EP2C50 - Firefly II Features
• SDRAM and Flash memory for running uClinux or other OS
• Up to 95 user I/O available for carrier board peripherals
• RS-232 serial device interface
• 0.1"x0.1" male headers for easy removal of the module

Additional Firefly II PSK Development Kit Add-ons

• Lancelot VGA IP Design Kit (P/N 6114-01-01)
• Ethernet - USB Design Kit (P/N 6228-01-01)
• I2C Expansion Board (P/N 6232-00-00)
• Compact Flash Type II Board (P/N 6227-01-01)

We are currently developing more modules - please Contact sales wiith your requirements.